Colorado sets record with $2.22 billion in marijuana sales last year
ColoradoMarijuana Industry News February 11, 2022 0
Colorado’s marijuana industry can celebrate 2021 as a record-breaking year with over $2.22 billion in sales. The new milestone follows a trend that’s grown since marijuana sales started in January 2014. Each calendar year has welcomed higher numbers, with the latest bar set in 2020 at over $2.19 billion,... Read more
Oklahoma’s medical marijuana growers look for the next boom market
Marijuana Industry NewsOklahoma February 10, 2022 0
Growers see Oklahoma as a national model for medical marijuana, but others say its lax regulation is a warning to other states considering legalization. LEXINGTON, Okla. — Inside an old metal building off a quiet stretch of U.S. 77, Josh Blevins walked among rows of fragrant marijuana plants basking... Read more
South Carolina Senate approves medical marijuana bill, House up next
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaSouth Carolina February 10, 2022 0
South Carolina senators Wednesday approved the use of medical marijuana in the state on a 28-15 vote that finished a Republican senator’s seven-year quest to pass the proposal, but the legislation still has some hurdles to pass to become law. The proposal had both bipartisan support and opposition in the Republican-dominated... Read more
New York state clamps down on businesses offering marijuana as a ‘gift’
Marijuana Industry NewsNew York February 10, 2022 0
While New York works on launching a legal market for recreational marijuana, some entrepreneurs dove into a legal gray area by saying they’re not selling pot but giving it away while people buy something else. Now, the state is saying they have jumped the gun and need to stop. The... Read more
Colorado employers would no longer be able to fire their workers for using cannabis if a new bill passes
ColoradoMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana February 9, 2022 0
Colorado employers would be prohibited from denying employment to or firing workers because of their off-the-clock cannabis use – either medical or recreational – under a measure introduced last week at the statehouse. House Bill 1152 would also require employers to let their workers consume medical marijuana while on the... Read more
